Many probably feel the same way
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Very well put.
You could say it all starts at rule #1 in the current realignment theory: no expansion in states that already have schools in the footprint.
Yes, this generates the most money, but it also guarantees that you wont create the types of conference rivalries that used to make CFB great.
Hell, take the solitary focus on tv money away and we're probably in the big 10. Geographically perfect (An incredible amount of close games), would be competitive (not top tier, but we'd compete just fine), and academically compatible.
We've had games that have been played for a century just flushed down the drain for some additional money to feed the continuing arms race in football, one that benefits all universities involved very little.
You could say it all starts at rule #1 in the current realignment theory: no expansion in states that already have schools in the footprint.
Yes, this generates the most money, but it also guarantees that you wont create the types of conference rivalries that used to make CFB great.
Hell, take the solitary focus on tv money away and we're probably in the big 10. Geographically perfect (An incredible amount of close games), would be competitive (not top tier, but we'd compete just fine), and academically compatible.
We've had games that have been played for a century just flushed down the drain for some additional money to feed the continuing arms race in football, one that benefits all universities involved very little.
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I'm sure that pretty much sums it up for quite a few fans right now....it's disgusting what the drive for greed & power can do to nearly everything in a person's life. It sucks when things like college sports, which for many is an escape from the headaches of everyday life, become a casualty of a few megalomaniacs desires.
Even when we went to 12 it was already feeling less cohesive. If it were financially viable, I wish the Big 8 had just stayed as is.
Our rivalries should be against teams in our own division of the sport. We should be scheduling a home and away with Minnesota/Illinois/Wisconsin. While we'd lose the tune up game, you'd create more regional rivalries outside the conference. The gate would be there for September matchups against those regional teams...
OWH has dropped Clones as entertainment. And I care less what Nebby does with Chattanooga. Instead I wonder where the Daviid Boren plane is heading. It was more fun two years ago, but the day oif rivalries has been replaced by eyeballs on TV sets.
WHAT?!@# I grew up as a Hawk, and can never go back. I'll cease to be a CFB football fan.
I guess I'll have to take up political activism and start hounding our representatives over the non-profit status of the greedy bastards that have ruined the sport I love. After that, go after the cable/satellite providers for an a la carte mode of selecting the channels I want to choose from, and encouraging others that don't want to feed the greed machine to do the same, so the B1G/Longhorn/Pac sucking networks don't get the revenue they're banking on.
Right now they see TV sets as money, they don't care if anyone is watching because their money is bundled in for all to absorb. Screw that! Do you really think all 28 million TV sets in TX are rabid CFB fans (many are)? Eventually, our access to entertainment will be our choice as the mediums continue to change, the model they're using will not be sustainable in the long run...
Wow, that KSU fan nailed it. I've been trying to figure out why I haven't been as passionate or excited about this season starting. Every year around late July I start getting pumped up for the upcoming season, and by the first game I'm ready to explode. But, like the KSU fan pointed out, there's a hallowness inside this year. I'll still go to the games and cheer like mad, but because of all this realignment crap and being at the mercy of greedy SOBs like Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and other big-time programs that decide what the rules are, I've lost a lot of interest.
Ditto for me. Well said.
Last night was a big-time atmosphere. We have a big-time fan following. And yet we're at the mercy of others regarding what our athletic future is...
Your exactly right on Bro....This All Consuming Greed is ruining college football !!!
And it's all very strange when you think about it. Who is all this money for that drives this greed? These teams have no owners or shareholders and there's no players to pay. Near as I can tell, this greed is to make sure the jumbotron is big enough, the practice facility is luxurious enough, and every locker room has enough playstations.
What's sadder is this whole mentality has been finding its way into the HS ranks as well. You see the HS games starting to show on ESPN, you see the first HS team in Texas getting Nike pro combat uniforms.
The whole sporting world is ruined to be honest. About the only thing a person can do is quit watching MBB & FB and pick up a sport like VB or wrestling. Those are the only places you will find the pureness of what amateur athletics should be.
The whole sporting world is ruined to be honest. About the only thing a person can do is quit watching MBB & FB and pick up a sport like VB or wrestling. Those are the only places you will find the pureness of what amateur athletics should be.
This explains some of it to a degree...this article was written just before the current events started to unfold...
Major football powers should break from NCAA, form own league - Andy Staples - SI.com
This. I will always love ISU. Graduating from there has provided me with a lot of opportunities...but if we drop to CUSA/MAC/WAC.....I do not have the desire to see that level of competition and will be moving on with my money.
